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At the Peel Centre cameras take pictures of vehicles going in and out and match number plates with those inputted at payment machines to see if people have bought a ticket.

A spokesman for Excel, who themselves have been criticised for using technicalities for catching out drivers, said: “From the outset we did not seek to rely on the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 but on the reasonable assumption that Mrs Backhouse was the driver responsible for the PCN.

“It is disappointing that Mrs Backhouse did not engage with us earlier as this could have avoided the matter proceeding to court.”